SSC 2016

Preparation 

Unseen Comprehensions 

English 1st Paper

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

The war of Liberation of Bangladesh from the occupation of Pakistan war fought in 1971. The Pakistani ruling clique and their vested interest group began to treat Bangladesh, Pakistani which was the East Pakistani, as a colony of West Pakistan. Therefore, under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a violent mass movement was launched which resulted in a landside victory of the Awami League at the election of the National Assembly of Pakistan in December 1970. Thus Bangabandhu acquired the right to form the Government of East Pakistan with his absolute majority in the Parliament. But under cover of negotiation with the Awami League leaders President Yahia Khan hatched a conspiracy. On the fateful night o march 25, 1971, Bangabandhu was taken to a prisoner of West Pakistan and the Pakistan army cracked down upon the innocent and armless people of East Pakistan. They also attacked the Police Force, the EPR and the Bengal Regiment who resisted them tooth and nail. The Pakistani army continued to kill people, torture women, burn houses, loot property and damage crops. One core of people fled away and took shelter in neighboring India. Meanwhile East Pakistan was declared as independent Bangladesh. A new government was formed at Mujibnagar. The Mukti Bahini was organized and trained. They began to hit back the Pakistani hordes. In fact, everyone in Bangladesh was freedom, Fighter and did his vest to help the Mukti Bahini. While Mukti Bahini gained in strength and efficiency and kept the occupation army in utter embarrassment, the Pakistani forces attacked India because of her support to Bangladesh. Eventually the Muki Bahini and the Indian forces formed a joint Command and inflicted crushing blows of the enemy in every sector compelling them to surrender. On the 16^th of December 1971, the Pakistani soldiers surrendered their arms to the joint Command at a ceremony in Dhaka, Thus after long nine months of massacre, the War of liberation came to an end and Bangladesh won freedom, Now the 16 the of December is observed as the Victory Day.

1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.                             7

a) In the past, Bangladesh was a ____ of Pakistan.

i) Country       ii) province      iii) village        iv) city

b) Awami League won the election in ____.

i) 1969       ii) 1968   I    ii) 1970       iv) 1971

c) Bangabandhu was arrested on ____.

i) 16 December      ii) 26 March           iii) 23 March          iv) 25 March 18

d) ____ people took shelter in India.

i) 1 million          ii) 2 million          iii) 3 million          iv) 10 million

e) A new government was fromed in ____.

i) Dhaka           ii) Mujibnagar       iii) Gazipur            iv) Sherpur 

f) Bangladesh became independent on ____ in 1971.

i) 16 December      ii) 10 December       iii) 16 March        iv) 10 November.

g) 16 December is our _____.

i) Independence Day   ii) Victory Day       iii) Martyr Day        iv) Shaheed Day

2 Answer the following questions.                                                                                 10

a) Who led a mass movement against Pakistan government in 1970?

b) Who made a conspiracy and how?

c) Where was Bangabandhu taken to?

d) Where was Mukti Bahini trained?

e) When did the Pakistani soldiers surrender?

3. Write a summary of the passage in no more than 90 to 100 words.                     10

4. Read the passage and complete the table below with information from the passage.                                                                                                                                         

Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, America. As a little boy, he was very inquisitive. He always wanted to know things were done. Very early in life he showed that he was full of curiosity, a quality which is so important to inventors. In 1869 he went to New York where he worked for some time as a telephone operator. But soon he became interested in inventions. In a very short time they were his chief business. In order to carry on this business, which was become his life's work, he built a laboratory at Menlo Park, where he had gone to live. His first great invention was a system of telegraphy. Soon afterwards he invented the phonograph', the first form of the instrument that we now know as the gramophone' or record player. The word `phonograph' means something that can write or record sound. Other scientists before Edison had thought of instruments which would do this, but Edison was the first to make an instrument which actually worked. He also invented the incandescent' lamp, a lamp in which the light is caused by a heated wire called a `filament'. The wire is heated by an `electric current'. People can now use `electricity' to illuminate' their homes. By the time Edison died in 1931 he had about a thousand inventions to his credit.

Who	Event/Activity	Time	Place/ What
Thomas Alva Edison	i)……………….	1847	Ohio, America
Edision	Worked	1869	Ii)……………
He	Built	iii) ………………	A laboratory.
He	invented	Not mentioned	iv)……………….
v)………………..	Died	1931	natural

5. From your reading of the above passage fill in the blank with suitable words. Use one word only in each blank.                                                                                        5

Thomas Alva Edison, an a)_____, invented a lot of things. From his childhood, he was very b)____. Curiosity is a quality which is very important to c)____. Although other scientists before Edison thought of instruments like d)____, they did not succeed. Electricity by which we e) _____ our houses was invented by Edison.

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column “A” and column “B” to write five complete sentences. There are more parts of sentences in column “B” than required.                                                                                                                                          5

a) There was b) He showed c) The rich man  was d) His son was e) He decided	i) To leave home and see the world.
	ii) a rich man who had only a son.
	iii) Very interested in traveling.
	iv) Always ready to give his son everything he asked for.
	v) Tremendous affection for his son.
	vi) a lot of money from his father and went away.
	viii) All the money is a frugal manner.

7. Re-arrange the following sentences according to sequence and re-write them in a paragraph:    

a) The bees came in and settled on the natural one.

b) The Queen was surprised and went away admiring the king’s wisdom.

c) She brought with her two garlands of flowers-one natural and the other artificial.

d) Pondering, he noticed some bees humming for honey are a withered rose.

e) Attracted by such reports, she came to test the king.

f) She placed them before the king to take the natural one.

g) Solomon was puzzled for a time. He asked the windows to be opened.

h) Everyone has heard the name of Solomon, the king of the jews, who was famous all over the world for his wealth and wisdom. The Queen of Sheba has heard much about Solomon’s court and wisdom.